Russian comics on the www

[Irina Makoveeva]

Dear Colleagues,

Internet comics aside, I would like to mention two comic books published by
the World of the New Russians (artist Katia Metelitsa): "Anna Karenina by
Leo Tolstoy" (2000), and "The Queen of Spades" (2001). In case you are
interested in learning more about the comics' development in Russia, I
recommend the article "Towards a History of a "Stalled Medium: Comics in
Russia" by Jose Alaniz, in which he introduces several Russian comic artists
who were working in this medium in the 1980-1990s. So, my answer to the
previously posed question whether comics exist in Russia would be "yes."
However, the Russian comics' cultural significance (at least, as of now) may
be hardly compared to such influential American comics as "Superman" and
"Batman."

S Rozhdestvom i Novym Godom, Irina Makoveeva


>From: Motoi Kawao <motoikawao at MD.NEWEB.NE.JP>
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>Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian comics on the www
>Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 01:46:21 +0900
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>Dear colleagues
>
>There is a good site about comics in Russia, which come from Japan and
>often
>are called "manga". They are written by japanese creators and, I think,
>have
>some influence upon the cultural situation around russian comics.
>
>"Anime i manga v Rossii"
>http://anime.dvdspecial.ru/
>
>
>Motoi Kawao
>e-mail: motoikawao at md.neweb.ne.jp
>Tokyo Univercity
>
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